"And that in itself feeds directly into their recruitment policy in the West - by picking on disaffected and frustrated youth who feel their troubles in life are borne out of having to live in the West.

"Additionally, I feel that we live in society of impatience nowadays - and what joining and fighting for ISIS gives self-important and narcissistic people is a sense of authority, rank and notoriety that they would struggle to achieve in their lifetimes in the UK if they were to climb the ladder of meritocratic success like the rest of us.

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ISIS fanatic Ahmed Kheder tucks into a beer

"It scares me that someone who was so well-liked by everyone as him, could join ISIS.”

Kheder’s path from English schoolboy to ardent jihadi was revealed when he starred in an ISIS propaganda video calling on other doctors in England and Sudan to join him in Syria.

The fight against ISIS

Fri, November 18, 2016

The battle against ISIS militants (also abbreviated as Daesh, ISIL, IS and Islamic State) continues in the Middle East.

Wearing a stethoscope around his neck and sitting in front of a large desk, 24-year-old Kheder, who now calls himself Abu Amir al-Muhajir, said: “I send greetings from the Islamic State, to all my dear brothers and sisters within the Islamic State and outside.

“There is actually a really good medical service being provided here. Lots of hospitals, lots of services provided.

“The caravan is leaving and I hope I will see you all here, all the doctors helping out.”